Meeting with Sir David Sloman

Onkar Sahota: In your July 2019 report, you said you met Sir David Sloman and raised with him a number of concerns about NHS performance. What were these concerns, and what did Sir David report the NHS was doing to address each one?

The Mayor: At our last meeting the most recent NHS London statistics had only just been released, and so Sir David was able to give me a verbal update. We spoke about the underperformance of the NHS against A&E waiting targets, noting that this is also an issue nationally. We also discussed the variance in waiting time standards between different trusts in London.
Sir David was able to inform me that they have a number of established transformations workstreams looking at these issues in detail across the capital. I was given an assurance that the NHS in London continues to offer improvement support, via a specialist team and Healthy London Partnership, to all organisations on an individual needs basis.
I will continue to raise performance and challenge the NHS on improvement at future meetings.

Dedicated charging points for electric taxis – update (3)

Caroline Pidgeon: How many dedicated charging points for electric taxis exist at Heathrow?

The Mayor: A total of seven taxi dedicated rapid charging points that have been delivered with funding facilitated by Transport for London (TfL) are currently in operation at Heathrow Airport.
I understand that a further two 50kW rapid charge points and four 22kW chargers are planned for installation in early 2020 in the Authorised Vehicle Area (AVA).

Real World Motorcycle Emissions (2)

Keith Prince: What evidence do you have to justify TfL’s decision to exclude a policy, universally accepted to reduce congestion, from overall efforts to reduce emissions?

The Mayor: My Transport Strategy acknowledges the importance of motorcycles in London. However, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is about reducing emissions – specifically NOx and PM – from vehicles and is not a direct congestion management scheme. Motorcycles can be highly polluting on an individual basis and this is why motorcycles that do not meet the Euro 3 standard are included in the ULEZ. In terms of congestion, while motorcycles can be more space efficient when stationary they require a lot of space when accelerating and are not able to carry more than two people.